After learning she was autistic at 38, writer and podcaster Tara McMullin began reassessing what she needed to thrive at her job. “There are only two kinds of people in the world,” I tell my friend as we hike a dusty trail above the Flathead Valley in Montana last summer. “Me, and everybody else. That’s what nobody gets.” I try to explain how much work I put into interacting with other people—with anyone. I tell her how much energy goes into processing even the most minor conversatio...
After learning she was autistic at 38, writer and podcaster Tara McMullin began reassessing what she needed to thrive at her job. “There are only two kinds of people in the world,” I tell my friend as we hike a dusty trail above the Flathead Valley in Montana last summer. “Me, and everybody else. That’s what nobody gets.” I try to explain how much work I put into interacting with other people—with anyone. I tell her how much energy goes into processing even the most minor conversatio...
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